title: Electrodiagnostic medical consultation in lumbar spine problems.
abstract: This advanced analysis describes how lumbosacral radiculopathy, lumbosacral spinal stenosis, and other diagnoses featuring low back pain may be determined using electrodiagnostic procedures. The chapter concludes with a list of indications that can help determine when these procedures may be useful, as well as some suggestions for when they may be unnecessary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rogue Valley Medical Center, Medford, Oregon, USA.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Grant
mesh_terms: D004568:Electrodiagnosis; D004576:Electromyography; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D006181:H-Reflex; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000294:innervation; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000503:physiopathology; D009431:Neural Conduction; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D013997:Time Factors